Environmental Education

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Length: 27 minutes

This episode of the award winning GreenWorks for Pennsylvania TV show examines how environmental education enables Pennsylvanians of all ages to understand and protect our environment.

In this episode you will learn about:

• Pennsylvania's system for teaching about the environment through the Pa. Department of Education's Academic Standards for Environment and Ecology.

• The Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education, which unifies the environmental education work of many agencies and organizations, including the PA Department of Environmental Protection, the PA Fish & Boat Commission, the PA Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Business Roundtable, and other environmental educators;

• The Pennsylvania Alliance for Environmental Education, a network for environmental teachers and a resource for educational materials;

• The Lincoln High School's Environmental Technology Academy in Philadelphia, where students learn practical analytical skills required to work in the field of environmental science and safety;

• To save energy in your home by insulating windows during the cold winter months;

• The Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement's PA Environmental Corps, which enables older citizens to learn and teach as they monitor the quality of Commonwealth waterways; and

• The Lancaster County Environmental Education Center, housing the Shuts Environmental Library, which is uniquely wired into the main library system of Lancaster County.

GreenWorks hosts Tom Sexton and Jaime Smith come to you from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, where they interview one of the educators about his job.

Get Involved:

Abraham Lincoln High School
Environmental Technical Center
Rowland and Ryan Ave.
Philadelphia, PA, 19136
Phone: (215) 333-8450

Academy of Natural Sciences
Education Dept.
1900 Ben Franklin Pkwy
Philadelphia, PA, 19103
Phone: (215) 299-1142

Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement
8733 Old Dumfries Rd.
Catlett, VA, 20119
Phone: (717) 367-5854

Fish and Boat Commission
3532 Walnut St.
PO Box 67000
Harrisburg, PA, 17106-7000
Phone: (717) 657-4010
Fax: (717) 657-4549

Lancaster County Environmental Center
Dept. of Parks and Recreation
PO Box 3480
Lancaster, PA, 17602-4625
Phone: (717) 299-8219
Fax: (717) 295-3688

Pennsylvania Business Roundtable
208 N. Third St.
Suite 400
Harrisburg, PA, 17101
Phone: (717) 232-8700
Fax: (717) 232-9018

Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education
010 Eisenberg Classroom Building
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock, PA, 16057
Phone: (724) 738-4555
Fax: (724) 738-4505

Schuylkill Environmental Center
8480 Hagy's Mill Road
Philadelphia, PA, 19128
Phone: (215) 482-7300